Family Health

Well, just thought I'd update you on how 2 special people in my life are doing....my mom and of course this little girl growing inside of me.

First, my mom:
It has been a little rough the past week or so. My mom's arm/shoulder area started hurting last week and she thought she was maybe getting pluracy(sp?), which you can sometimes get after you have been sick, which she has been from all those germy people at her work who don't stay home! Well, by Thursday she couldn't even type and left work early and barely made it home because it hurt so bad to turn the steering wheel in the car. They got her in immediately for x-rays Friday morning where they found a cancer lesion had eaten away at her collar bone and broke it! Apparently this happens quite often in cancer patients and radiation usually takes care of the lesion so the bone can heal. So after getting her updated CT scan yesterday down in Omaha and meeting with her doctor down there they ok'd her to get 2 weeks of radiation on the lesion up here in Fargo, then 3 weeks of rest, then back to Omaha to get her next round of chemo for the study. The good news is...she won't be nauseated for quite awhile and they said the side effects of this radiation is minimal. The bad news is...it's quite a long time to go without chemo to treat the rest of her cancer so we need AS MANY PRAYERS as we can get that the rest of the cancer remains stabilized, which so far it pretty much has. Hopefully the radiation takes care the problem and her collar bone can heal, the poor girl needs help doing everything it's so painful. She's mostly worried about being able to hold her granddaughter in a few weeks! Wow, that was a big update! Thank you to all of you who have continued to pray for my mom the past 4 years. It really is a miracle she has been surviving all this.

Ok, on to more happy news...the update on the baby:
I had an appointment yesterday at 35 1/2 weeks and she is doing great! She's in the perfect position for delivery, weighs around 4 1/2 lbs, measuring right on....and my doctor is making a prediction she may come a little early because she is long and might run out of room. Long and skinny just like her parents! I know I shouldn't get my hopes up though because they will tell me she might be early and I'll end up a week late. The doctor also said to be ready for the storm system this weekend...they tend to cause water to break for pregnant women, and she was serious! So let's just hope for a storm in 3 weeks, that would be perfect! :) I'll get an updated belly pic to post later this week for week 36.

Busy Weekends

The past few weekends have been a little more hectic than I am used too. Lately my usual weekend plans involve laundry and catching up on my DVR from the week! :) Here is what we've been up to lately:

Last weekend we left for Karlstad Friday night to spend Easter with Aaron's family. We hadn't been up there since Christmas, which doesn't even feel like that long ago, the weeks have definitely been going by musch faster the second half of this pregnany! Easter was nice and relaxing...Jodie always keeps me busy eating GREAT food and just hanging out. That Saturday the boys (Aaron, Seth, Zach & Greg) had lots of fun making hilarious videos of Aaron having his own little dunk contest and the boys kicking field goals and making football plays at the high school. They even edited the videos and added music to go along. They are pretty funny, I will have to figure out how to post them.

This past week we finished our final Lamaze class, which Aaron admitted wasn't so bad! We learned a lot about labor and hopefully will now be as prepared as we can be for when it's time! Thursday I let Aaron off the hook and attended a breastfeeding class by myself, he was a good sport throughout the rest of the classes so thought he deserved a night off and he did at least get some house work done while I was gone! :)

I am currently sitting at our friend Steve's house in Minnetonka waiting for the boys to get back from a trip to Target. They got up very early this morning to fit in a round of golf so it was nice stay back and try to sleep in this morning in a quiet house. We are in the cities for Aaron's friend Jason Urbaniak's wedding. Luckily, my friend Lacey, who should have her precious little baby girl by the end of the month, borrowed me an outfit to wear! It should be a fun night seeing a lot of our friends that live down here and a few others who made the trip...and I'm sure Aaron will appreciate having a designated driver for him tonight too...hopefully I don't fall asleep at the reception, my bedtime is usually 9:00!

Next weekend we are excited to attend a baby shower for our friends Mike & Lisa, who is due a few days before me! It is a couples shower so a lot of my high school and college friends (I went to high school with Mike and college with Lisa) will be there for grilling, bean bag toss, and more fun! Can't wait to see everybody!!

Well, that's about all for now...I will try to post pics soon of the wedding and Lisa's shower next weekend.

Oh, almost forgot. .. I finally ordered our stroller yesterday which I am SO excited about! Aaron's brother Zach graciously contributed the majority towards a BOB Revolution stroller. My friend Erika highly recommended this stroller as it is a great jogging stroller and is perfect for using outside on uneven ground, but can also be brought to the mall. There is also a carseat adaptor for it so hopefully we can start using it as soon as I feel up to it after our little girl arrives.